Track-rail-aligning device



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W. E. LOUGHREY & A.- HLMOGREW.

TRACK RAIL ALIGNING DEVICE. No. 479,435.

Patented July 26, 1892.

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PATENT WALLACE E. LOUGHREY AND ALONZO H. MOGREV, OF OENTREVILLE, SOUTHDAKOTA.

TRACK-RA! L-ALIG NING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,435, dated July 26,1892.

Application filed October 13, 1891. Serial No.408,5'78. (N model.)

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Be it known that we, WALLACE E. LOUGH: REY and ALONZO H. MOGREW, ofCentreville, in the county of Turner and State 'of South Dakota, haveinvented a new and Improved Track-Rail-Aligning Device, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a IO new .and improved devicewhich is simple and durable in construction and arranged to convenientlyand rapidly pull the track into proper alignment.

The invention consists of a frame, a lever mounted to turn in the saidframe and adapted to be adjusted thereon, and a plate connected with thesaid lever and adapted to engage the rail.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details andcombinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, andthen pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthisspecification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 isa perspective View of the frame, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of theplate.

The improved aligning device is provided with a frame A, having abase-plate B formed at its ends,with downwardly-extendin g flanges O and0 arranged at angles to the base-plate 5 and extending in the samedirection. On top of the base-plate B are formed or secured twolongitudinallyextending parallel arms D, formed with sets of recesses E,producing teeth and adapted to be engaged by a pivotpin F of a lever G,arranged to-be inserted at its fulcrum end between the two arms D. Onthe lever G, near its pivot end, is secured one end of a chain H,connected at its other end with a plate 1, formed on its outer end witha 5 flange 1', adapted to engage one edge of the baseof the rail J to bealigned. On the fulcrum end of the lever G, directly below the chain H,is formed a cam projection K, over which passes the chain H when thelever is used, so as to give additional tension to the chain.

The device is used as follows: The frameA is placed transversely of thetrack between two ties and near that part of the rail J to be drawn intoalignment. The base-plate B is so arranged that the flange O is locatednear the rail, while the opposite flange O is on the outer end, so thatwhen a pressure is exerted on the frame A either downward or toward therail the two flanges O and O firmly embed themselves in the ground andprevent movement of the frame. When the frameA is in position, theoperator places the lever G in an upright position and engages thepivot-pin F in one of the set of recesses E. The chain 6 H, with theplate I, will then be extended toward the rail, the plate I being passedunder the base of the rail to engage the flange I with the opposite edgeof the base, as is plainly shown in Fig. 1. The operator engages thepivot-pin F in that set of recesses E to draw the chain l-I fairly tautwhen the said lever is given an upright position. Now in order to drawthe track in proper alignment the operator swings the lever G downwardin the di- 7 5 rection of the arrow athat is, from the rail Jso that thechain H and plate I pull on the rail J to move the latter, the otherrail and adjacent ties to bring the track in proper alignment. It willbe seen that when the 1e ver G swings downward the cam projection Kengages the chain, thusincreasing the tension thereon to, draw the trackinto the proper place. WVhen the lever G swings downward, the chain H inpressing on the cam projection K exerts a downward pressure on thefulcrum end of lever G and on its pivot-pin F. This downward pressure istransmitted to the base A and prevents the latter from slipping.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent V 1. A rail-track-aligning device comprising aframe, a lever mounted to turn in the said frame and adapted to beactuated thereon, 5 and a plate connected with the said lever andadapted to engage the rail, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a rail-track-aligning device, the combination, with a frame formedwith parallel toothed arms, of a lever adapted to be passed between thesaid toothed arms and provided with a projecting pivot-pin engaging aset of corresponding teeth on the said arms, and a plate connected withthe said lever and formed with a flange adapted to engage the base ofthe rail, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a rail-track-aligning device, the combination, with a frame formedwith parallel toothed arms, of a lever adapted to be passed between thesaid toothed arms and provided with a projecting pivot-pin engaging aset of corresponding teeth on the said arms, a plate connected with thesaid lever and formed with a flange adapted to engage the base of therail, and a chain for connecting the said plate with the said lever,substantially as shown and described.

4. A rail-track-aligning device provided with a frame comprising abase-plate, angular flanges projecting from the ends of the saidbase-plate and standing in the same direction, and toothed arms held onthe said plate, substantially as shown and described.

5, In a rail-track-aligning device, the combination, with a framecomprising a baseplate, angular flanges projecting from the ends of thesaid base-plate and extending in the same direction, and toothed armsarranged on top of the said base-plate, of a lever formed with apivot-pin adapted to engage the said toothed arm, a chain connected withthe said lever, and a plate connected with the said chain and formed atits free end with an angular flange adapted to engage the base of therail, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a raiLtrack-aligning device, the combination, with a framecomprising a baseplate, angular flanges projecting from the ends of thesaid base-plate and extending in the same direction, and toothed armsarranged on top of the said base-plate, of a lever formed with apivot-pin adapted to engage the said toothed arms, a chain connectedwith the said lever, a plate connected with the said chain and formed atits free end with an angular flange adapted to engage the base of therail, and a cam projection formed on the fulcrum end of the said leverbelow the said chain, substantially as shown and described.

W'ALLACE E. LOUGHREY. ALONZO H. MCGREW.

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N. PAULSEN, W. F. INDEN.

